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Ground State Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm

VC

Ground State Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm has 18 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
18 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-15

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

18+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Specialist quantum investor associated with pre-seed quantum networking and infrastructure activity. The available evidence points to a highly targeted deep-tech focus rather than broad generalist investing.

How Ground State Ventures invests

Ground State Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.

Ground State Ventures manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Ground State Ventures has backed 18 companies in our records, including EMode Photonix, Rhonexum, EuQlid.

Partners & Team

CR

Chad Rigetti

Founding Partner

NW

Nic Weiroster

Investment Associate

TN

Ton Noordende

General Partner

MB

Martin Bryant

Head of Communications

KK

Kris Kaczmarek

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
AI / ML

Funds

Ground State Ventures Fund II

$150M2021
investing

Ground State Ventures Fund I

$100M2019
investing

Portfolio Companies (18)

Other

EM

EMode Photonix

RH

Rhonexum

Switzerland-based quantum company spun out of EPFL

EU

EuQlid

Quantum company; Ground State says a partner sits on its board

OR

Orange Quantum Systems

OR

OrangeQS

Quantum infrastructure / test equipment·Not clearly stated in the primary source

Quantum chip test equipment / validation tools

Q*

Q*Bird

Quantum communications·Not clearly stated in the primary source

Quantum networking / secure communications company

SY

Sygaldry Technologies

Quantum computing / AI infrastructure·Seed and Series A

Quantum-AI startup building quantum-accelerated servers for AI workloads

QP

QphoX

Quantum networking / quantum modem and transduction technology

QU

Quantum Elements

Quantum startup in the firm’s U.S. portfolio

QT

QT Sense

Quantum sensing company focused on biomedical or life-science applications

How to pitch Ground State Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chad Rigetti, Founding Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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